LOUISVILLE – North Bullitt’s first visit to the Sixth Region Softball Tournament since 2010 ultimately showed that the program still has more work to do as the green and gold fell to Holy Cross 9-0 on Monday.

The game was played at Holy Cross, one of the area’s top teams, as the Lady Cougars were coming off a championship in the 21st District tournament. North Bullitt reached the Sixth Region Tournament as the runner-up in the 23rd District.

FERN CREEK – There was plenty of pitching and not much offense on Wednesday in the championship game of the 24th District Softball Tournament.

Matching two of the top teams in the state, Bullitt East and Mercy once again locked horns in a titanic struggle and once again the outcome came down to the end before the Jaguars pulled out a 1-0 decision.

SHEPHERDSVILLE – Trailing by four runs after the first inning, the North Bullitt Lady Eagles were not able to rebound on Wednesday in the championship game of the 23rd District Tournament against Southern High School.

In the end, the Lady Trojans tacked on a run in the fifth inning as they recorded a 5-0 victory to claim a second straight district title.

FERN CREEK – A little burp in the first inning was quickly overcome on Wednesday as the Bullitt East Chargers rolled to an 11-2 victory over Fern Creek in the championship game of the 24th District Baseball Tournament, which the Tigers were hosting.

The win was the 11th consecutive district title for Bullitt East and head coach Jeff Bowles. As the veteran coach pointed out to his seniors after the game, they were in the first grade the last time the red and gold failed to win a district tournament.

SHEPHERDSVILLE -- For the first time ever, Bullitt County will host a pair of post-season baseball games on Monday when both Bullitt East and North Bullitt will be hosting first-round games in the Sixth Region Tournament.

This is the first year for baseball since Bullitt County schools joined the Sixth Region, that they have played opening round baseball games on the site of the district winners.

That format was in play last year for softball and in the past all three local schools hosted regional softball tournaments in the old Eighth Region.

SHEPHERDSVILLE – Rain kept the three area high school softball teams on the sidelines for much of last week, but the final week of the regular season did produce some promising results as the teams head into post-season play starting on Tuesday of this week.

North Bullitt and Bullitt Central were set to play each other in the semi-finals of the 23rd District Tournament on Tuesday at Bullitt Central. Bullitt East was set to play Fern Creek on Tuesday in the 24th District Tournament.